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And Moses answered and said: But, behold, they will not believe me nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say: YHVHa hath not appeared unto thee.
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And the angel of YHVHa said unto him: What is that in thine hand?
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And Moses answered him, saying: A roda.
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And the Voicea said: Pray over it, and bless it, even as thou wast showed when thou was given the Cherebb, that it shall be a toolb unto thee for a mighty work in my name,
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That Israel may believe that YHVH, the Elohima of their fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
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And Moses prayed over the rod, and he blessed it, and in the name YHVH did he bless the rod.
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And the Voice said: Cast the rod on the ground, and the angel of YHVH did place his finger upon it, and said unto Moses: Place it in thy right hand, for it is holy unto YHVH.
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And Moses picked up the rod, and the Voice said: Cast the rod on the ground.
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And when Moses cast it on the ground, loa! it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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And the angel of YHVH said unto Moses: Now, put forth thine hand and take it by the tail.
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And Moses put forth his hand and caught it, and it became again a rod in his hand.
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¶ And the angel of YHVH said furthermore unto him: Put now thine left hand into thy bosom.
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And holding the rod in his right hand, Moses put his left hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was as snow.
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And the Voice said: Put thy hand into thy bosom again.
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And Moses put his hand into his bosom again and plucked it out of his bosom; and behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
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And the Voice said: It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the Voice of the first sign, that they will believe the Voice of the latter sign.
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And it shall come to pass that if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, thou shalt take of the water of the river and tap it with thy rod, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
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¶ And Moses said unto the angel of YHVH: O my Lorda, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.
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And the angel of YHVH said unto him: Who hath made the mouth of man? Or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Was it not the Creatora Himself, YHVH?
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Now, therefore, go; and the Breatha will be in thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say.
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And Moses said unto the angel of YHVH: O my Lord, there in Egypt did I slay a man, and Pharaoha doth seek my life!
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And the angel of YHVH said unto Moses: Go; return into Egypt; for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
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¶ And Moses said: O my Lord, I pray thee, another hand wilt thou send?
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And the anger of YHVH was kindled against Moses and the Voice said: Is not Aaron, the Levite, thy brother? I know that he can speak well;
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And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee; and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
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And thou shalt speak unto him and put words in his mouth; and I will be with thy mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what ye shall do;
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And thy spokesman he shall be unto the people; and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth; and thou shalt be his elohima.
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And the angel of YHVH said unto Moses: Thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs;
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And when thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in thine hand; and I will prosper thee;
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But behold, I shall harden the heart of Pharaoha, and Pharaoh will harden his heart, and he will not let my children go, that Israel shall see and should remember all that I do for her:
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And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith YHVH: Israel is my firstborn child;
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And I say unto thee: Let my children go that they may serve me; and if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses went, and returned to Jethro, his father-in-law, and thinking that he should not let him take his daughter out of that land,
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And Moses said unto him: Let me go, I pray thee, and let me return with thy daughter, who is my wife, unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.
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And Jethro said to Moses: Go in peace; for Jethro the Reuel knew Moses place in these things by the breath of Ha’Elohima.
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And it came to pass Moses took his wife and his sons and set them upon an ass, to return to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of Ha’Elohim in his hand.